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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JAMES MADISON DUBOIS, OF BAGWELL, TEXAS.
ANIMAL-TRAP.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 26, 1907.
Application filed December 20, 1906. Serial No, 348,796.To all whom it imay concern:
Be it known that I, JAMES MADISON Du-
BoIS, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Bagwell, in the county of Red River and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Animal-Trap, of which the following is a
specification.
This invention relates to animal-traps, and
has for its object to provide an improved bait
1a or choker trap wherein the bait is inaccessible
except by passing between the jaws of the
trap, whereby any attempt to secure the bait
will result in the springing of the trap and
the catching of the animal between the jaws
15 in a very prompt and efficient manner.
A farther object of the invention is to en-
able the convenient baiting and setting of the
trap without danger of being caught by the
jaws and to positively insure the release of the
20 spring-actuated jaw upon any attempt to re-
move the bait.
With these and other objects in view the
present invention consists in the combination
and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinaf-
25 ter more fully described, shown in the accom-
panying drawings, and particularly pointed
out in the appended claims, it being under-
stood that changes in the form, proportion,
size, and minor details may be made within
30 the scope of the claims without departing
from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad-
vantages of the invention.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of an animal-trap embodying the fea-
35 tures of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a
cross-sectional view thereof in the vertical
plane of the trigger, as indicated by the line
2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of
the bait-receptacle, the jaws being removed.
40 Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one ter-
minal of the stationary jaw, showing the
chain for anchoring the trap to the ground.
Like characters of reference designate cor-
responding parts in all of the figures of the
45 drawings.
The present trap includes a lower station-
ary jaw 1 in the nature of a wooden beam or
sill of suitable length. Each end of this jaw
is provided with a chain. 2, preferably con-
50 nected to the beam by means of a staple 3,
the free end of the chain terminating in a ringor relatively large link 4, adapted to receive
a post or stake 5, which is driven into the
ground, so as to anchor the trap.
Above the stationary jaw 1 there is a verti- 55
cally-swinging jaw 6, also in the nature of a
beam, one end of the upper jaw being con-
nected to the adjacent end of the stationary
jaw by means of a hinge 7. The upper jaw is
somewhat shorter than the lower jaw and is 6o
provided with a vertically-disposed longitu-
dinal slot 8, receiving a post 9, rising from the
stationary jaw and constituting a guide for
the movable jaw and also operating to take
lateral strain from the hinge 7.J5
Upon the top of the movable jaw there is a
spring 10, one end of which is secured to the
movable jaw and the other free end being
bowed over toward the free end of the jaw and
suitably connected with the upper end of the 70
post 9. One manner of connecting the spring
with the post consists in providing the free
end of the spring with a bifurcation to re-
ceive the post, the free end of the spring be-
ing engaged beneath a pin 12, passing trans- 75
versely through the post, with its opposite
ends constituting shoulders or projections for
engagement by the spring. The tendency, of
the spring is to force the movable jaw 6
downwardly against the stationary jaw 1. 3c
At one side of the trap and rigidly secured
to the stationary jaw 1 is a bait-receptacle 13,
which is closed throughout all sides except its
front, which is entirely open and directed to-
ward the jaws. The top 14 of the receptacle 85
is connected to the back of the latter by a
hinge 15, so as to give convenient access to
the interior of the receptacle. A suitable
hook or latch 16 is employed to hold the cover
closed. 90
The means for holding the spring-pressed
jaw 6 in an elevated position is contained
within the bait-receptacle and includes a pair
of upstanding reversely-disposed hooks 17
and 18, rising from the bottom of the recep- 95
tacle, the bill of the hook 17 being directed
away from the jaws and that of the hook 18
being directed toward the jaws.- In front of
one of the hooks, preferably the one desig-
nated 17, there is a post or standard 19, rising 100
from the bottom of the receptacle and pro-
vided in its upper end with a bifurcation 20,No. 848,295.
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Dubois, James Madison. Animal-Trap, patent, March 26, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514685/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.